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Smart Money Concepts (SMC)
What is it?
Smart money concepts (SMC) is a price-action framework that studies how large participants leave footprints in the market: liquidity grabs, order blocks, fair value gaps, and shifts in market structure.
How Trade11AI does it
Trade11AI dedicates a family of modules to SMC: order blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity sweeps and liquidity zones, break of structure (BOS), change of character (CHoCH), equal highs and lows, and premium versus discount positioning. Each module reports confirmed, probable, or weak evidence, and SMC confluence feeds directly into setup grading and confidence scoring.
Key facts
- Dedicated modules for order blocks, FVG, liquidity, BOS, CHoCH, and premium/discount
- Evidence labeled confirmed, probable, or weak
- Liquidity traps and inducement reduce setup confidence
- Works on all 25 symbols and five timeframes
Common questions
Do I need to know SMC theory to use Trade11AI?
No. The engine detects and labels SMC conditions automatically, and the learning section explains each concept in plain language.
Does SMC detection guarantee institutional activity?
No. SMC patterns are structural observations in price data; they are evidence, not proof of any participant's intent.
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